To develop an understanding of despair and survival through difficult situations. To develop an understanding of the challenges during post WWI period. To develop an understanding of the challenges faced by teens during the Great Depression. To develop an understanding of the causes and effects the Great Depression had on the world. To develop an understanding of the challenges faced by people living during the Great Depression. To develop an overall understanding of the post WWI period and the impacts of the Great Depression. To develop an understanding of American’s lives during the Great Depression.
Objectives
Students will be able to relate personal experiences of survival with 1930s Americans. Students will be able to identify key issues leading up to the Great Depression. Students will be able to relate themselves with teens of the 1930s. Students will be able to identify why the Great Depression started and its impact on the rest of the world. Students will be able to relate personally with people living during the 1930s through letters. Students will be able to identify key events, people, and documents of the post WWI period. Students will be able to research the daily life of an American during the 1930s. Students will be able to present their own interpretation of daily life during the Great Depression.
Standards
Explain the challenges of the post WWI period. Identifying the causes of the Great Depression. Characterizing the global impact of the Great Depression.
Goals
To develop an understanding of despair and survival through difficult situations.
To develop an understanding of the challenges during post WWI period.
To develop an understanding of the challenges faced by teens during the Great Depression.
To develop an understanding of the causes and effects the Great Depression had on the world.
To develop an understanding of the challenges faced by people living during the Great Depression.
To develop an overall understanding of the post WWI period and the impacts of the Great Depression.
To develop an understanding of American’s lives during the Great Depression.
Objectives
Students will be able to relate personal experiences of survival with 1930s Americans.
Students will be able to identify key issues leading up to the Great Depression.
Students will be able to relate themselves with teens of the 1930s.
Students will be able to identify why the Great Depression started and its impact on the rest of the world.
Students will be able to relate personally with people living during the 1930s through letters.
Students will be able to identify key events, people, and documents of the post WWI period.
Students will be able to research the daily life of an American during the 1930s.
Students will be able to present their own interpretation of daily life during the Great Depression.
Standards
Explain the challenges of the post WWI period. Identifying the causes of the Great Depression. Characterizing the global impact of the Great Depression.
Class Handouts
Riding the Rails Activity Sheet Riding the Rails.docx
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt Activity Sheet Dear Mrs. Roosevelt.docx
Life During the Great Depression Project and Rubric Project Rubric.docx
PowerPoints
Resources
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
Further explore the letters written to Eleanor Roosevelt on this website.
Roosevelt Letters
Riding the Rails
Further explore the teens of the Great Depression at this PBS site.
PBS Riding Rails
Cause and Effect
More Images
First Hand Accounts
Discussion Board